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New York City, 1972 - A dabbler in mathematics and chess, Catherine Velis is also a computer expert for a Big Eight accounting firm. Before heading off to a new assignment in Algeria, Cat has her palm read by a fortune-teller. The woman warns Cat of danger. Then an antiques dealer approaches Cat with a mysterious offer: He has an anonymous client who is trying to collect the pieces of an ancient chess service, purported to be in Algeria. If Cat can bring the pieces back, there will be a generous reward.

Det oldgamle, magiske montglane skakspil rummer en ufattelig magt. Når alle brikkerne bliver samlet og spillet sættes i gang, tager mystiske kræfter over, der kan true verdens fremtid. Albanien, 1822: Tredive år efter den franske revolution befinder Europa sig på randen af krig. Ali Pasha, den magtfulde hersker over det ottomanske imperium, bliver uventet angrebet af tyrkerne og sender sin datter, Haidée, på en farlig mission. Hun skal smugle en vigtig brik fra Montglane Skakspillet ud af Albanien.

Nueva York, 1972. Catherine Velis, aficionada a las matemáticas y al ajedrez, trabaja en una auditoría como experta en informática. La firma la destina a Argelia, pero, antes de partir, una vidente le lee las líneas de la mano y le advierte de que un grave peligro se cierne sobre ella.

2003, Colorado: Alexandra Solarin is summoned home to her family’s ancestral Rocky Mountain hideaway for her mother’s birthday. Thirty years ago, her parents, Cat Velis and Alexander Solarin, believed that they had scattered the pieces of the Montglane Service around the world, burying with them the secrets of the power that comes with possessing it. But Alexandra arrives to find that her mother is missing and that a series of strategically placed clues, followed swiftly by the unexpected arrival of a mysterious assortment of houseguests, indicates that something sinister is afoot.

New York City, 1972: A dabbler in mathematics and chess, Catherine Velis is also a computer expert for a Big Eight accounting firm. Before heading off to a new assignment in Algeria, Cat has her palm read by a fortune-teller. The woman warns Cat of danger. Then an antiques dealer approaches Cat with a mysterious offer: He has an anonymous client who is trying to collect the pieces of an ancient chess service, purported to be in Algeria. If Cat can bring the pieces back, there will be a generous reward.

2003, Colorado: Alexandra Solarin is summoned home to her family’s ancestral Rocky Mountain hideaway for her mother’s birthday. Thirty years ago, her parents, Cat Velis and Alexander Solarin, believed that they had scattered the pieces of the Montglane Service around the world, burying with them the secrets of the power that comes with possessing it. But Alexandra arrives to find that her mother is missing and that a series of strategically placed clues, followed swiftly by the unexpected arrival of a mysterious assortment of houseguests, indicates that something sinister is afoot.

When her cousin is slain by an unknown assassin, Ariel Behn becomes the sole heir to a family legacy: a sinister cache of manuscripts that thrusts her into the deadly center of international intrigue - and an age-old enigma that spans the centuries. Whoever assembles and interprets the cryptic clues of this ancient mystery will possess the power to control the fate of the world. What strange powers lie hidden within the manuscripts?

Voilà vingt ans que Catherine Velis et Alexander Solarin, son mari, ont enterré, dans un lieu connu d'eux seuls, les pièces du Jeu de Montglane. Avec eux s'arrêtait la longue liste des propriétaires du jeu, depuis Charlemagne jusqu'à Catherine II de Russie. Avec eux, la partie, initiée en 1791, en pleine Révolution, avait trouvé son mat. Et les rêves de pouvoir légendaires que sa possession inspirait s'évanouissaient du même coup. À jamais... Mais alors qu'Alexander accompagne sa fille, prodige aux échecs, au monastère de Zagorsk, en Russie, où doit se dérouler une compétition très attendue, il tombe en arrêt.

Des millions de lecteurs captivés : le chef-d'œuvre du thriller historique ! Sud de la France, printemps 1790: la Révolution menace les biens des monastères et des couvents. À l'abbaye de Montglane, la mère supérieure charge deux jeunes novices d'une mission urgente : mettre à l'abri des pillages les pièces d'un mystérieux jeu d'échecs. Beaucoup parmi les grands d'Europe veulent en effet s'en emparer : Talleyrand, Robespierre, Bonaparte ou encore Catherine II de Russie.

Colorado, 2003. Alexandra Solarin recibe una inesperada invitación a la fiesta de cumpleaños de su madre, Catherine Velis, quien nunca antes había celebrado este día. Años atrás, la propia Cat, junto a su marido, había escondido por el mundo las fabulosas piezas del ajedrez de Montglane para que nadie pudiera hacerse con el poder que contienen. Cuando Alexandra llega a la casa familiar, la vivienda está vacía.